How to Make Your Kitchen Kid-Friendly

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If you had to choose which room of the house your family spends the most time in, which would you pick? For many people, the kitchen would be the obvious answer; most of us start our days in the kitchen with a bowl of cereal and end it in the same place with dinner. Then, between homework, lunch-packing, and snack breaks, the kitchen can be utilized all day long.

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Since your family is probably using the kitchen more than any other room in the house, it’s a good idea to make it as kid-friendly as possible. Both to make life easier for the younger members of your household and to avoid potential kitchen accidents.

Use the following organizing tips to organize your kitchen in a kid-friendly way.

Encourage Healthy Snacking

Encourage healthy snacking by keeping a plastic bin of kid-friendly snacks in the front of your fridge.

Fill it with individually portioned sandwich bags of baby carrots, grapes, string cheese, or yogurt to make it easy for kids to reach in and grab what they’re in the mood for.

It’ll eliminate a lot of digging around and potential mess.

“If you can organise your kitchen, you can organise your life.”
– Louis Parrish

Put Up The Knives

If you have small children in the house, make sure to keep knives out of reach of little hands.

Put them on a high counter or even keep them in a sealed container to make sure nobody is getting into them who shouldn’t be.

Using a drawer with a childproof lock is another good option.

“The kitchen is where you put all the ingredients together. No matter what you do in life, you have to have a plan and put it together.”
– Yo Gotti

Use Lower Storage

Keep kids’ cups, bowls, and plates in a drawer rather than a cabinet to minimize the risk of falling piles of dishes.

Choose a low to the ground drawer or cabinet instead of a high up one to make it easy for kids to grab what they need.

They won’t need to drag a stool or a chair across the floor, either!

“The kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can’t think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something.”
– Ted Allen

Plan Ahead

Hang up a whiteboard for meal planning, grocery lists, and meal requests. Kids will be less likely to complain about dinner if they have a say in what goes into it or if they see what’s coming ahead of time.

It’s also fun to doodle on!

Making your kitchen kid-friendly will encourage independence, organization and will make everyone’s lives easier. Plus, it will make everyone’s favorite room in the house even better!